Holder for mops and other devices



Dec. 31, 1946.

1 HERTZBERG HOLDER FOR MOPS AND OTHER DEVICES Filed July 24, 1946 INVENTOR. Inn HERTZBE RG ATTOR N EYS Patented Dec. 31, 1946 HOLDER FOR MOPS AND OTHER DEVICES Ira Hertzberg, Yonkers, N. Y., assignor to H.

Hertzberg & Son Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 24, 1946, Serial No. 686,043

My invention relates to a new and improved holder for mops, brushes, and other devices.

Holders for mops and other devices are generally shown in Hertzber U. S. Patents No. 1,784,287,'No. 1,798,418, and No. 1,669,937; also in Dunn U. S. Patent No. 1,832,536 and Ostdiek U. S. Patent No. 2,043,303.

As shown, for example, in I-Iertzberg U. S. Patent No. 1,669,937, it is well-known to provide a mop-head which has a Wire frame which includes a. bar which is engaged by a holder, said holder being detachably connected to a broom stick or other handle.

According to my invention, I provide a very simple and efiicient holder which consists of the combination of a resilient metal U-shaped clip member, one of Whose legs is provided with an offset, and a helical spring. Said U-shaped clip member engages one end of said spring, and the handle engages the other end of the spring. For this purpose, the lower end of the broom stick' or handle may be provided with an external helical thread, as illustrated in U. S. Patent No. 1,669,937, dated May 15, 1928.

Other objects and advantages of my invention are disclosed in the annexed description and drawing, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig, 1 is a vertical elevation of the improved device.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the preliminary assembly of the U- shaped clip member and the helical spring.

Fig. 3 is similar to Fig. 2, showing the final assembly of the U-shaped clip member and the helical spring.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Since the mop-head and its wire frame are old and standard, I illustrate only the cross-bar I of the frame of the mop-head.

5 Claims. (C1. 306-29) The U-shaped clip member 2 is made of metal or other suitable material. It may be rigid or resilient. Said clip member 2 has legs 3 and 4, which are integral with the end-bight 5 of the clip. This clip member 2 is assembled with the helical spring 6, which is resilient and bendable. The leg 3 is straight and parallel to and laterally offset from the axis of helical spring 6. The leg 4 has a lateral offset 1, which is optionally perpendicular to the parallel legs 4 and 3, and said ofiset I is integral with an extension 8, which is optionally parallel to the straight legs 4 and 3.

In this embodiment, the extension 8 is bent away from the end-bight 5, but the invention is not limited to this specific shape.

In order to assemble the parts, the clip member 2 is initially assembled with the wire bar I. Said member 2 may be freely turnable relative to bar I in the final assembled device, or member 2 may clamp bar I in the final assembled device. When theolip 2 is initially assembled with bar I, clip 2 is freely turnable relative t bar 1, around the longitudinal axis of bar I.

The offset '1 is then inserted between the bottom turn of the helical spring 6 and the next-adjacent turn of said spring 6. This initial step is shown in Fig. 2. The spring 6 is now turned relative to clip member 2, with the extension 8 located at the external face of spring 6. The spring 6 is thus turned relative to member 8, through any desired angle, so as to tighten the clip member 2 on bar I, to any desired extent. When the final assembly which is shown in Fig. 3 is made, the clip member 2 may be freely turnable relative to bar I, or it may clamp bar I. This depends upon the angle through which spring 6 is turned relative to clip 2. While this assembly is made, clip 2 may be held at any angle relative to bar I.

The clip 2 is frictionally retained on spring 6, and the assembled elements 2 and 6 form a single assembled holding unit. The free end of spring 6 is then assembled with the lower end of the broom stick or other handle.

While the spring 6 is extensible and bendable, it is preferably substantially rigid, so that it retains substantially the shape shown in the drawing, in which said spring ha a straight axis. At

its ends, the turns of said spring 6 are separated from each other.

Between its ends, the turns of the spring fi may abut each other.

Since the spring 6 has identical end portions, either end of spring 6 may be assembled with clip 2. I thus provide a very simple and cheap device, in which the clip 2 can be loose or tight on bar I.

In the assembled device, the extension 8 cptionally frictionally contacts with the external face of spring 6, and the offset 1 optionally frictionally contacts with two adjacent turns of said spring.

I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but numerous changes and omissions and additions can be made Without departing from its scope.

I claim:

1. A holding device, said device comprising a clip which has legs which are spaced from each other, said legs being connected to each other at the end of said clip. a helical spring assembled with said clip, both of said legs being located internally in said spring, one of said legs having a lateral offset which is located between adjacent turns of said spring, said spring frictionally engaging said clip.

2. A holding device, said device comprising a clip which has legs which are spaced from each other, said legs being connected .to each other at the end of said clip, a helical spring assembled with said clip, both of said legs being located internally in said spring, one of said legs having a lateral offset which is located between adjacent turns of said spring, said spring frictionally engaging said clip, said offset frictionally engaging the respective adjacent turns of said spring.

3. A holding device, said device comprising .a clip which has legs which are spaced from each other, said legs being connected to each other at the end of said clip, a helical spring assembled with said clip, both of said legs being located internally in said spring, one of said legs having a lateral offset which is located between adjacent turns of said spring, said spring frictionally engaging said clip, said offset having an extension which is external to said spring and which is substantially parallel to the axis of said spring.

4. A holding device, said device comprising a clip which has legs which are spaced from each other, said legs being connected to each other at the end of said clip, a helical spring assembled with said clip, both of said legs being located internally in said spring, one of said legs having a lateral offset which is located between adjacent turns of said spring, said spring frictionally engaging said clip, said offset having an extension which is external to said spring and which is substantially parallel to the axis of Said spring, said extension being directed away from the end of said clip.

5. A holding device, said device comprising a clip which has legs which are spaced from each other, said legs being connected to each other at the end of said clip, a helical spring assembled with said clip, both of said legs being located internally in said spring, one of said legs having a lateral offset Which is located between adjacent turns of said spring, said spring frictionally engaging said clip, said offset having an extension which is external to said spring and which is substantially parallel to the axis of said spring, said extension frictionally engaging the outer face of said spring, said offset frictionally engaging the respective adjacent turns of said spring,

IRA HERTZBERG. 

